Running 2 Honda generators

SoundGuy wrote:

Butch50 wrote:
I currently have a Yamaha 3000iseb and a Honda 2000i. I decided I didn't want to mess with the heavy Yamaha so am looking at a Honda 2000i Companion.

SoundGuy wrote:
Your Grand Design 303RLS is one heck of a big rig :E, is even available with dual A/Cs and can be wired with 50 amp service, none of which you've detailed in your post. Nonetheless, since you apparently don't want to deal with the weight of a larger genset like your 3K Yamaha you might consider selling both it and your EU2000i and using the proceeds to buy a pair of Honda's new EU2200i which will be even more capable of powering your rig than a pair of EU2000i paralleled gensets.

Butch50 wrote:
Yes my Reflection has 50 amp service and has 2 A/Cs. One 15,000 BTU and one 13,500 BTU. Most of the time the only one I would want to run is the 13,500. This would be just for an overnight stop when we don't have power and to recharge the batteries.

Well here's another solution. Keep your current EU2000i, sell the Yamaha, use a small portion of the proceeds to buy a Micro-Air Easy Start Soft Starter Kit, install it on your 13,500 BTU A/C, and pocket the rest of the cash you'll have left over to pay for a nice camping vacation. With your smaller A/C so equipped a single EU2000i will easily start and power it with no difficulty at all, you'll only ever have to deal with one 50 lb genset, won't have to fuss with a parallel kit, and you'll have cash back in your pocket to boot. If you later decide you really do need that second EU2000i then you can always add one later. Win - Win. :B

well, easily start yes. run, depends a lot on altitude. I have the easy start and yes even at 4500ft startup is easy peasy with the easy start. But I've found at about 3500-4000 ft is the limit for the honda 2000 and my coleman MachIII. Around 4000+ ft it will trip out on overload after 15-20 minutes. It's to close to the limit.

Now the new honda 2200, likely would work fine.